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Darryn Peterson Leads Kansas to HUGE Road Win! | Pay Heed 2/3

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Pay Heed opens on Kansas's 64-61 road win at Texas Tech. The hosts treat it as a major result and as Kansas's best win against an AP-ranked team since 2020. Darren Peterson sits at the center of the conversation. He closes hard with two huge threes when Kansas needs a finish. The bigger point is not only the shot-making. It is that Kansas can still get the ball to him and trust him to create in a tight stretch, turning a rough road night into a win. The show also spends time on Cole Rosario. It points back to Bill Self's pre-BYU confidence in him and uses Texas Tech as a cleaner test of what he can provide right now. Rosario's box score is not the headline. His value shows up in the extra possessions, the defense, the athletic plays, and the second-half offensive rebound that helped set up a Kansas three. The hosts are clear that the shot is still catching up. Even so, they keep coming back to the rest of what he does at a high level. Plus-minus comes up as a loose clue, not a final answer. Here it matches the eye test well enough to make the rotation conversation worth having. The episode then widens beyond the final buzzer. It tees up an interview with Jason Booker about the phase two renovations of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. It also looks ahead to a live show after the Utah game. And it flags the Arizona matchup next Monday as another live moment. Underneath all of it is the same read. Kansas found a way in a game that was messy for long stretches, and the show keeps asking which parts of that win can carry forward.

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A tight road win, a late-star finish, and a rotation note worth watching.

Kansas's 64-61 win at Texas Tech reads as the kind of road result that can steady a season, especially after a night when not much came easily. Darren Peterson closed it with two huge threes, and the focus on late trust in him gives the win a clear edge.

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You want the late threes and the Cole Rosario look that turned a huge win in Lubbock.

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